How God Motivates
Posted in Biblical Motivations, John Piper, Obedience on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I found this brief blog entry by John Piper very helpful in thinking through how God uses different motivations for us to do God’s will.
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Church Discipline
Posted in Church Discipline, Desiring God, John Piper on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
John Piper has a great article explaining The Leniency of Excommunication in contrast to the consequences of such actions in the OT. OT=death, NT=excommunication. Thanks be to God for His grace!
Preaching What You Don’t Feel
Posted in Desiring God, John Piper, Joy, Preaching on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
John Piper writes on preaching that which hasn’t joyfully mastered our heart. His last paragraph is a great reminder that our feelings must catch up to our sermons. We must pray hard and long for the Lord to break the hardness of our hearts so that He would be exulted in the pulpit from our [...]
5 Tips for Clear Writing and Talking
Posted in Desiring God, John Piper, Writing on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
John Piper quotes C.S. Lewis giving some great advice on how to write and talk more clearly.
Preaching Quote
Posted in John Piper, John Stott, Preaching on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
This was posted from John Piper this morning:
The great challenge of the preacher is to follow Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:5, “What we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.”
But there are more ways to preach ourselves than one might think. This word from James [...]
